Michel Roux, the Masterchef host, also serves on the Royal wine-tasting
committee. Here he gives a few hints about what he would put on William and
Kate's wedding menu in April.

Michel Roux Jr, alongside running his many restaurants (including Le Gavroche and Roux at Parliament Square), overseeing Masterchef and being at the helm of new series Service, is also on the Royal wine-tasting committee. A tough job, but someone has to do it. "It's fantastic," he said when we met a few weeks ago. "We've got our AGM coming up soon, I've got about 40 wines to taste."

Also on the agenda, he suggested, would have been a discussion about what to serve William and Kate at their nuptials in April. He was keen not to give too much away but divulged a few clues about what he might put on the Royal Wedding menu:

"Gosh, I don't know," he said. "But I think it's a very special occasion, it's a very British occasion. Royal, but also modern. I think I'd like to see a British sparkling wine, instead of champagne," he said. "It might be a bit controversial but I think it would be great to see, and it would say a lot about Britishness. So maybe that, to add some fizz to the occasion."

"As for the menu, it's got to have British running all the way through it too - Britain is blessed with great ingredients. It's spring, so it would have to be English spring lamb. Perhaps from Wales. And you'd be just getting the start of the asparagus season, so maybe a few asparagus spears alongside it. Delicious."